Microsoft is preparing one of the most consequential security shifts in Windows in decades, turning off NTLM authentication ...

Microsoft will disable NTLM support in upcoming Windows releases and enhance Kerberos and Windows authentication to reduce ...

Microsoft is beginning a phased process to disable NTLM, the decades-old, weak authentication protocol, by default in future Windows versions.

Microsoft intends to disable the insecure NTLM protocol by default with the next Windows Server version. However, its release ...

Microsoft confirms a 3-phase strategy to deprecate NTLM, improve auditing, prioritize Kerberos, and disable NTLM by default ...

Microsoft released an out-of-band update Friday to resolve credential authentication failures affecting Azure Virtual Desktop ...

A group of researchers have proven that Microsoft's Windows Hello fingerprint authentication isn't as strong as the company might have thought. This isn't the first time that we've seen Windows ...

The various versions of Windows have used Kerberos as its main authentication protocol for over 20 years. However, in certain circumstances, the OS has to use another method, NTLM (NT LAN Manager).

Microsoft says the April 2025 security updates are causing authentication issues on some Windows Server 2025 domain controllers. The list of impacted platforms includes Windows Server 2016, Windows ...

Future Windows updates will disable NTLM authentication, bolstering security and protecting users against legacy protocol ...

Microsoft announced that it will disable the 30-year-old NTLM authentication protocol by default in upcoming Windows releases ...